Police Summon Kim Eui-gyeom for Investigation Over 'Cheongdam-dong Drinking Party Allegations'

The police summoned Kim Eui-gyeom, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea who raised the 'Cheongdam-dong drinking party suspicion' involving President Yoon Seok-yeol and Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, for investigation after he was sued and accused.

According to the police on the 6th, the Seoul Seocho Police Station summoned Representative Kim in the morning as a suspect and accused person to ask about the circumstances under which he raised the suspicion and whether he was aware that his statements might be false.

Last October, during the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee's comprehensive audit, Representative Kim alleged that President Yoon and Minister Han held a late-night drinking party at a high-end bar in Cheongdam-dong on July 19-20 of the same year, together with 30 lawyers from the law firm Kim & Chang.

Representative Kim disclosed a phone conversation in which cellist A, who allegedly attended the drinking party, mentioned this to her ex-boyfriend B. The YouTube channel 'Citizen Media The Tam-sa' uploaded a video containing the phone conversation to its channel.

Minister Han denied the allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit under the Information and Communications Network Act against Representative Kim, The Tam-sa, and A. He also filed a lawsuit seeking 1 billion KRW in damages against them. The fan cafe for First Lady Kim Geon-hee, 'Geonsarang,' and the conservative group 'New Hope Coalition' also filed complaints with the police against Representative Kim and The Tam-sa personnel.

During the investigation of A in November last year, the police secured a statement that she "lied to deceive her ex-boyfriend." The police plan to decide whether to send the case for prosecution after legal review.

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